Michigan in October - I wore sweatpants, a sweatshirt and a dress over said sweatpants. Mom made my bro wear a crown with his sweats and forced him to kiss me on cheek to wake me up at each house...gross, mom

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Power ranger/clown

I wanted to be a power ranger but I fell in love with a disgusting purple plastic mask with attached metallic purple streamers for the hair. I made my own purple power ranger costume out of purple sweats and some circles of multicolored felt I tacky glued on. Of course, THIS was the only year my mom let us walk in our neighborhood parade so I repeatedly told neighbors "I'm a power ranger slash clown."

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M&M package

Not an adorable M&M. The brown wrapper. Homemade (by my mom).

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S'more

I distinctly remember this year being colder than the rest so I chose an all white sweats ensemble which I stuffed with cotton from Joann's Fabrics. I hung a piece of black cardboard and a larger piece of brown cardboard over my head.

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A witch

This was the last year I trick or treated in my neighborhood. I went with a large group of mixed gender tweens and I was scared of standing out too much with a creative costume or being mocked. 😐 this is my metaphor for girls and adolescence.